Pinochle Classic

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About this game

Improve your skills and become a Pinochle pro! Play single or double deck games with three different difficulty levels so you can work your way up to playing like a pro. Pinochle Classic has many settings so you can configure the game to play with whichever rule variations you prefer including: single/double deck, scoring in multiples of ten, game winning score, minimum bid, passing cards count, hints, undo button, and adjustable game play speeds for slow, standard, or fast play.

An analyze button can be turned on to help you evaluate your hand and pick a smart bid by simulating thousands of games and showing you likely round score outcomes. A hint button can be turned on to help you see what card the computer Pro player would play in your situation. Extensive statistics are kept for wins/losses, average contract, average meld, and average counters and success rate in making your bid.

All cards are dealt randomly to all players, so the difference between the Easy, Standard, and Pro computer players is in how well they remember what cards have been played and how they choose to play the cards they are dealt.

Ratings and reviews

I prefer this pinochle card game app as it has 3 available levels, and an undo button. I normally play the standard setting. I use this app to help me practice monitoring trump cards, and taking risks when betting...thus this is why I like the optional "undo" button option. This game is very straightforward. Sometimes the ads are long, but at least they are varied. Other free apps sometimes have the same ad over and over again. I have not noticed any glitches that I am aware of. Thanks!

Decent game, but the "pro" level is garbage. Your partner (and opponents - but that couldbe a strat) ALWAYS bid you up. They don't recognize jump bids, and your partner will give you garbage to make sure you can't get those double runs/pinochles/etc. The AI works completely like it knows everybodies hands and will bid for each AI hand knowing this. Which leaves you either constantly trying to win the bid no matter what, or just not bidding - no use.

First, game is laid out beautifully - the graphics and animation are nicely done. That being said there are fundamental flaws to this game which make it unbearable to play. The biggest issue is that during the passing of cards phase, your partner will ALWAYS hold trump cards if they count towards meld in their hand! This is absolutely poor gameplay and the algorithm needs to be fixed. The other big issue is the ads - I understand that they are there for revenue, but turn off the damn audio!!

What's new

Bug fixes and performance improvements